Senior Software Engineer, Search Optimization

Attentive

100d • $144,840 - $210,000

About The Position

Our Search Platform team is the backbone of Attentive’s data infrastructure, processing, storing, and optimizing data at massive scale and speed. We handle billions of events from over 100 million customers daily, enabling near-real-time data insights and AI-driven capabilities through our Data, Optimization, and ML Platforms. Joining our team offers a high-growth career opportunity to work with some of the world’s most talented engineers in a high-performance and high-impact culture. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of distributed data applications and contributing towards the betterment of engineering culture at Attentive. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to create our high-impact search platform, delivering personalized experiences for our clients and their customers. Your role will also include mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and contributing to strategic planning for the engineering department. This team is building the search platform that empowers our clients to curate audience segments, which Attentive uses across the platform to personalize content. By delivering more relevant and engaging messages, this drives higher performance for our clients and better experiences for their customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on high throughput distributed systems
• Expertise developing with Java, Python, or Go and strong understanding of object-oriented design, algorithms, and optimization
• Knowledgeable about data modeling, data access, and data storage with relational and non-relational databases
• Proven track record of architecting applications at scale, maintaining secure reliable infrastructure, and setting a high bar for quality
• Excited by the big, hard problems and look forward to identifying the areas of greatest need and creating plans to improve them
• Empathetic communicator who can work seamlessly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adept at using business goals to turn that ambiguity into clear deliverables

Responsibilities

• Anticipate and advocate for the future of the Attentive platform, partnering with peers to proactively design solutions
• Be the technical connector across engineering, product, and design to ensure we deliver high quality software, and innovative, impactful products
• Contribute to company-wide engineering initiatives, including process improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and system enhancements
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, ensuring growth and adherence to best practices
• Multiply the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work
• Reduce the complexity of projects in order to get more done with less work

Benefits

• Competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity
• US base salary range for this full-time position is $144,840 - $210,000 annually + equity + benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees